Macumi, Béatrice

Interviewee

Béatrice Macumi

Interviewee Gender

Female

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Interviewee Level of Education in 1972

catechetical schools (no specific year or amount of time in school listed)

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Burundi, Gatemere Village, Busoni zone, the commune was Murore, Kirundo arrondissement, the province was Muyinga

Interview Date

2-26-2022

Interviewer Name

Philippe Mukamarakiza

Summary of Oral History

Béatrice recounts the tragic times of 1972, where there was a massacre. She mentions incidents where people were arrested and killed, due to accusations of witchcraft or other reasons. She mentions that in 1972, some people disappeared, possibly taken away to work and never returned, presumed dead.

Béatrice denies knowing about traitors or any specific details of the killings, indicating a lack of clear information or memory due to the passage of time. She mentions losing her husband, who was a soldier and taken away, and also losing a child during that period. She also recalls being called to live in a camp with her husband temporarily, and later returning home where her husband was again taken away and ultimately killed.

The interview provides the interviewee's fragmented memories and the traumatic events she experienced during the 1972 massacre, highlighting the uncertainty and loss that affected her and her family.

Named Persons

Sabumwami Petero (son who died of disease), Petero Nsabumwami (husband), Sahabo (father), Inabatutsi (step mother). Sirasi, a perpetrator who took away Sabumwami, Petero. Karenzo is his uncle

Named Places

Gattemere Village, the commune is Busoni, the province Kirundo , Gihushi, Kumukekwa, Kanyinya

Length of Oral History

00:12:20

Language(s) of Oral History

Kirundi

Language(s) of Transcripts

Kirundi, English

Translator for Transcripts

Pasteur Niyomwungere and transcriptionist Sylvane Ndihokubwayo

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Recommended Citation

Macumi, Béatrice, "Macumi, Béatrice" (2022). 1972 Burundi Genocide – Oral Histories. 19.
https://neiudc.neiu.edu/burundi-oral-histories/19

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